Category: dwarf planet

It is always special to look for the dwarf planet Pluto. Here it is this unique world, while it slowly move across the sky. The animation above comes from two 180-seconds exposures, remotely collected...

As you probably know, the International Astronomical Union, when demoting Pluto from the status of planet, introduced a new class of objects, called “dwarf planets”. To date, we count five of them: Among them,...

While the Nasa spacecraft New Horizon is almost at its minimum distance from Pluto (expected for tomorrow, 14 July), last night at Virtual Telescope we imaged this cold and far dwarf planet. The image...

Everybody out there knows the story of Pluto and how it was demoted (2006) from its status of ordinary planet. One of the events further triggering this decision was the announcement on 29 July 2005...